Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-06-16
Mrs. G. l.. Goodwin Of Bar Harbor wa,
town last week

The steamer Electa, Capt. True, has beer
put on the route between Castine, Brooksville
I.lesboro and Belfast. making her first trip OF
the I'd inst.
A hundred and fifty barrels of clans wer,
shipped from Deer Isle TO Portland week be
fore last.
Mr. John Royal has gone to Togus to be
come an inmate OF the SOLDIER Home at that
place.
John Wasgstt, OF Eden, has bought the
John Gray fsrm, Hsppytown, near West Ells
worth, and moved there.
The Ssppho will go on the route between
Bar Usrbor and the ferry about the Goth. Cap.
tain q. c. Oliver leaves on the 18Th TO bring
her round.
-Seven-eighths of a piece OF property =,
Hulfs Cove. witch Was bought last September
for 5000. has just been sold for e27,6oO.
The Bangor Wig mentions as an indica.
ton of tie business being done In Bar Harbor
this season the fact that over fifty men are a,
work there plumbing.
Mrs. h. +. Austin who has been visiting
her sons in Nevada, for year or more. re.
turned home 10 this cit, last week. She Is
looking In good health.
The schooner Carrie A. buchanan OF Buck
sport that was abandoned at sea some three
four or months sgo. has OF late been picked up
and towed into Key West.
Capt. o. {. Oliver. OF the "sebenoa" IL
building a two-story house at Bar Harbor In
the rear Of the Manchester and Jordan cot
tases. on Cottage street.
John II. Weed of Deer Isle deck hand on
the steamer Mt. Desert, fell down the alp at
Rockland the 7th striking on his face and -us-
tanning severe injurie-.
Mr.. Joseph Bowden Of this city, ha. gone
to the Maine General Hospital, Por,snd. TO
receive treatment for spinal disease which
has been troubling him very much for some
length OF time.
Last week our packages Of AMERICANS
for West sullivan snd sullivan got into the
wrong mail bag. we learn, and first made =
trip 10 Bar liarbor. Ihcy got back to the
Ellsworth post-ofiice, Friday afternoon and
made n new start for their destination S.tur-
day morning.
President Cleveland will visit Northeast
IIarhor the coming summer. Erss,u. Corn
Ing, Of Albany. IN conversation with q gentle
man -hort time ago .aid: Il have extended
Grover Cleveland an Invitation to visit me st
my residence at Northeast Hsrbor thi. season,
and the invitation has been accepted
The schooner Pierce. Of Csstiuc. from
renobscnt FOR Boston, loaded with brick,
foundcred the %. 81 miles northeast o. Th.tch-
er'. Island. The crew were taken OF BY the
schooner J. +. Mcrrimsn aud landed =; CLIQUE
ester. The vessel was = tons ard was owned
hy the captain and others OF Css,lne.
pr. {. F. Ware. SAWS the Ruck.pori CLIP
PER. arrived home last week from hi- .ajourn
On the Pacific coast since last su,umn The
Doctor j. locking fir>t-rate and speaks highly
of hi. associations among the people OF Puget
sound. Everybody here was glad TO see bin
and HI. e'timshe wife. A. they were missed
anon. the ho.t of people.
The CoHlA,rri1i .ay, Mrs.. Mary ).
Woodbridge. u ohio. who delivered the In
trrr-'inG lectures here few days ago hs. been
presented with residence at Bar Harbor AMI
during the romn. season series % temper
aucc meetings viii b. held ID the .katin. rln.
there IT which she win b, prominent figure.
tn, citizen, ~ Ellsworth, and especially
the pupil. q the High school. will hc deeply
panied 70 hear Of the death y Mi" Ahcr VI.
X imb4n. which took place IN Boston, iho 7th
nst Mis- kimbsH who vs. recently assist
.ui teacher in that school. va. much Ioscd hS
hes purli. and highly respected b, al our cit'-
fsr~
From The present outlook & seems as
though seal Harbor will have p'cni, q -tcsm-
boz; accommodation, thl. season The Gin
hria makes lau1ins- there three tIme- week
going ra.; aud west the Mount Desert viii
nskr iN landings esch MAY n week .ad Ihe
Crrelmoor VIII, after june -, make daily
H-rbor ioucninS Nj -'I nA'.,s, -,...-.-~.A----.
Harl.or ..ch way.
Tho Castin- Line snd Irvine Factory.
which commenced operations in ls7s. hss done
! stealth, iurrea.inz amour, OF bushes. from
that time Now They sre turning out 100"
lime, r,r week. from the finest gansing line 10
fA. hea. ir,t Hue used in hAlibui trAw d-hiuc.
H,>l, supplying the home market the, furnish
a Larry, part Of the supply of the British Prov
tnr,.. The factor, j. run by J. W. Dresser
capt. F. Is. -tsnlcy Of Cranberry l-es,
met with quite severe accident Hoou' 'hFee
v,..k. s.o. which has confined him 10 the
house ever since lie Wa. engaged 10 roilnx
wharf log. from the bank, and large stone
which b. attempted TO move to one side.
rolled % NJ IeG, injurtus lEso bsdly that
will be long time beforc Il get. well; frih-
nsl.iy no bones were broken.
Although MI Desert Island contains 80
many elegant residences and other appuF'eh-
auc,-- u city. yet It !, not without attraction
10 the hunter. In the season for his reign, y, i
shown by Col ". f. Hsdlock'- experience.
Wednesday morning. Standing II The door OF
hi. house there, he saw large deer come OUT
Of the woods but u short distance away. IL
y As followed by a second one about q year old.
and At the heel. OF these two, was fawn.
The latter went into field OF rye and h.d a
most delightful time cspering about within
few rod, Of where Col. Hadlocs Was standing
-Green'. Landing. Deer Isle, j. building up
fist, house ot> being in great demand th"
price, " course keeping pace with the grow
ins demand. but still. snd i. sold there Mt r"a-
.og,blc rate. to encourage industry and to ald
in building up the place. At this Landing
which is backed up BY continuous high eie-
walton. there's to be obtained one OF the grand
e.. and most picturesque views OF ocean ana
islands found or the Atlantic coast. II IS said
there are 3f5 islands in this bay. The great
and growing industry Of this place is quarry
in. granite. Fifteen quarries are mostly IN
operation the wear round, good part OF them
being 'ocated on the island, in the harbor and
bay.
The largest land sale ever msde at Bar
Harbor was reported on the street last We'd
nesday small tract has been purchased by
Philadelphia parties. the cost OF which involves
nearly 100000. The new land company
placed their stock on the market and 3,Vo0
shares were Immediately taken at % 90
Shares are now selling for their par value, 80
ana it l. expected that they will run much
higher the coming week. The land craze i
still at fever heat and many men stand ready
10 put 10 their capital whenever an opportun
~ is afforded. Arthur Newman Of Portlanc
recently sold his cottage and lot for $4,000 te
/ the Mt. Desert Real Estate Company. Land
| At Northeast Harbor is estimated at from